.hack//QUARANTINE (Part 4) - Data Drain FAQ

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Data Drain Guide for .hack//Infection
by Jake Davis (Jesbian4Ever182@netscape.net)AKA YourWorstNightmare
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Version - Final
First Version Started - May 12, 2003
Latest Version Completed - July 20, 2003
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Table of Contents
Legal Stuff
Spacing and Length
Version
Data Drain
Protect Break
How to Data Drain
Infection Rate
Infection Rate Effects
Gate Hacking
Final Thanks
Closing
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Legal Stuff
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Spacing and Length
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Version
V.25 - Just started, "Data Drain" and the basics are covered.
V.50 - Finished "How to Data Drain" and "Protect Break".
V.75 - "Infection Rate" and part of "Gate Hacking" is comleted.
V1.0 - First "full" version of the guide is complete.
Final - This is the last version of the guide. No more updates.
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Data Drain
Data Drain is an ability obtained near the very beginning of the game. It is
used to lower the level of enemies to simplify their defeat. You can obtain
rare items, weapons, armors, etc from Data Draining enemies. You also use Data
Drain (and yes, it is mandatory) to make some enemies (bosses) mortal and
defeatable. You also can get Virus Cores which I will explain under the
section Gate Hacking.
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Protect Break
Each enemy has a set amount of Hit Points (HP) as you all know. Yet .hack
introduces a new concept, Protect Points (PP). You must bring an enemy's HP
down to its PP to be able to Data Drain enemies. Though some enemies are
different. Some must have a physical attack used on them to achieve Protect
Break and some must have a magical attack used on them.
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How to Data Drain
To Data Drain, you must press triangle to open the personal menu. Then you
must move over to the tab entitled "Data Drain". Click on the Skill
called "Data Drain" and select an enemy from the list. Though there may not
be any enemy to pick if they are not down to their Protect Points. Once you
have done Protect Break on an enemy,
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Infection Rate
Your Infection Rate is the percentage of your character's (Kite's) infection
from Data Draining. You get a certain amount of Infection Rate percentage
added to your total depending on the level difference between you and the
enemy (Look in the section entitled "Infection Rate Effects"). You also lose
between 1 and 3 percentage from your Infection Rate for every enemy you kill
(the number is random). To make it simple, the percentage of your Infection
Rate (On the game it does not tell you your exact percentage though you can
estimate from the color) is the percentage chance of an effect happening to
you. The higher your Infection Rate goes, the higher chance of something bad
happening (though not all the effects are bad) to you is.
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Infection Rate Effects
You gain a certain percentage on your Infection Rate depending on the level of
the enemy. For every enemy you kill you lose between 1 and 3 percentage from
your Infection Rate. Those percentages shown below:
Difference -5 or less: Gain +7 Infection Rate
Difference -4: Gain +7 Infection Rate
Difference -3: Gain +8 Infection Rate
Difference -2: Gain +9 Infection Rate
Difference -1: Gain +10 Infection Rate
Difference 0: Gain +11 Infection Rate
Difference +1: Gain +12 Infection Rate
Difference +2: Gain +13 Infection Rate
Difference +3: Gain +14 Infection Rate
Difference +4: Gain +15 Infection Rate
Difference +5: Gain +16 Infection Rate
Difference +6: Gain +17 Infection Rate
Difference +7: Gain +18 Infection Rate
Difference +8: Gain +19 Infection Rate
Difference +9: Gain +20 Infection Rate
Difference +10 or more: Gain +20 Infection Rate
You also can have consequences to using Data Drain too much, listed below:
0-24% Range (Blue):
-Party's HP & SP Restored
-Party's HP & SP Restored
-Physical Attack Down
-Physical Defense Down
-Physical Accuracy Down
-Magical Attack Down
-Magical Defense Down
-Magical Accuracy Down
-Poison
-Paralysis
-Slow
-Charmed
-Confusion
-Sleep
-Cursed
-Lose 200 EXP
25-49% Range (Blue-Green):
-Party's HP & SP Restored
-Magical Attack Down
-Magical Defense Down
-Magical Accuracy Down
-Poison
-Paralysis
-Slow
-Charmed
-Confusion
-Sleep
-Cursed
-All Paralyzed
-All Sleep
-Party loses 50% HP
-Party loses 50% SP
-Lose 400 EXP
50-74% Range (Green):
-Everyone's HP & SP Restored
-Poison
-Paralysis
-Slow
-Charmed
-Confusion
-Sleep
-All Poisoned
-All Paralyzed
-All Paralyzed
-All Slow
-All Sleep
-All Cursed
-Party loses 50% HP
-Party loses 50% SP
-Lose 600 EXP
75-99% Range (Yellow):
-Party's HP & SP Restored
-Paralysis
-Sleep
-All Poisoned
-All Paralyzed
-All Paralyzed
-All Slow
-All Charmed
-All Confused
-All Sleep
-All Sleep
-All Cursed
-Party loses 50% HP
-Party loses 50% SP
-Lose 800 EXP
-Party's HP & SP down to 1
100% Range (Red):
-Party's HP & SP Restored
-All Poisoned
-All Paralyzed
-All Slow
-All Charmed
-All Confused
-All Sleep
-All Cursed
-Party loses 50% HP
-Party loses 50% SP
-Lose 1000 EXP
-Lose 1000 EXP
-Party's HP & SP to 1
-Party's HP & SP to 1
-Lose 1 Item
-System Error (Game Over)
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Gate Hacking
This is where it can get a wee bit confusing. Gate Hacking is what you do to
get into keyword areas that are protected. You won't get this ability until
later (towards halfway) in the game. Once you receive the ability to Gate
Hack, you will learn about Virus Cores. You collect Virus Cores from
defeating miscellaneous bosses and enemies. You can only get A, B, and C
Virus Cores from normal enemies, but you receive other Virus Cores like F and
M for certain tasks. Once you Gate Hack a Protected Area once, you do not
need to Gate Hack it ever again.
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Final Thanks
Thanks to the following people, groups and organizations:
CjayC - For maintaining this awesome site. Where would we all be without it?
GameFAQs - Yeah, well, what site is this guide on? That was retorical.
Dark Ice - Support and all that jazz.
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Closing
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